Assembly election results 2017: Stage set for Congress-free India; BJP V-P and UP in-charge, says BJP's Om Mathur

It's a tsunami of a win for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The BJP has taken a massive lead over its rivals - the Samajwadi Party-Congress combine and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) - winning a three-fourth majority in the crucial state. The headache, however, will begin now for the BJP as it has to decide on the CM  face.

 

In an exclusive interview with India Today, UP BJP in-charge, Om Mathur, said, "One of the BJP party workers will be the CM. Our party's Central Parliament board and the team of legislators will decide the next chief minister for UP."

 

"This victory is just a beginning for a 'Congress-free' India", he added.

 

Riding on a still-potent Narendra Modi wave, the party is set to sweep back to power after 14 long years, giving the Prime Minister his biggest victory after the 2014 Lok Sabha election.